在ざい家け

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

layperson; laity

Only with reading ざいけ

Buddhist term for a person who practices Buddhism while living a secular life, as opposed to a monk or nun. Often used in contrast with 出家 (しゅっけ, 'monk/nun').

See also: 出家

• 彼かれは出しゅっ家けせず、在ざい家けのまま仏ぶっ教きょうを深ふかく学まなんでいる。

  He hasn't become a monk; he studies Buddhism deeply as a layperson.

• 在ざい家けの信しん者じゃでも、修しゅ行ぎょうに参さん加かできる。

  Even lay believers can participate in the training.

noun

country home; farmhouse; cottage

Refers to a house in the countryside, often a traditional farmhouse or rural dwelling. Not a Buddhist term.

• 祖そ父ふ母ぼの在ざい家けは田たんぼに囲かこまれている。

  My grandparents' farmhouse is surrounded by rice fields.

• 週しゅう末まつは山やまの在ざい家けで過すごすのが好すきだ。

  I like spending weekends at the cottage in the mountains.